Protective covering for storage-battery cells



C. P. HATFIELD;

PROTECTIVE COVERING FOR STORAGE BATTERY CELLS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-22,1920.

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Specification of Letters Patent. 'Pgyl g mfl qgfl J 1 11 12 9 1921 I Application filed November 22, 1920. Serial No. 425,722.

Be it known that T, CHESTER a citizen of the United States, residlng at Lebanon, in the county of Warren and State of @hio, have invented new-and useful improvements in Protective Coverings for Storage-Battery Cells, of which the following is a specification.v

My invention contemplates a. protective covering for, thestorage battery cells provided for .the self starting of automobiles from a state of rest.

Tn Ford cars which constitute a very large proportion of those in use, these cells are carried in a rectangular frame consisting of a band, having secured to and between two opposite sides, a depending yoke carrying the cells constituting the battery. The frame has a projection extending at one of the free sides which enters and is engaged.

with the frame or'chassis and the cells are exposed to dust and mud requiring frequent,-

cleansing, in default of which the proper function is impaired.

As applied to thestandardized skeleton supporting frame my protective covering is formed to engage said frame by slipping said covering into place from below upward surrounding the horizontal yokebracket ofthe battery-support,-without re- 'moval or change'of any existing part; and securing said covering in place by bending its prepared flaps inwardly over said yokebracket, and by also at each end passing the hold-down bolt that passes through the yoke-bracket through the central flap of the case bent outwardly. The simplicity of the device and of its mode of application enables it to be installed'or removed without dificulty by any one, including the operator of the automobile with little or no skill and can therefore be manufactured and sold as a useful articleof manufacture complete in itself and renewable as desired.

My invention is illustrated in the accom- Fig. 3, a similar view of the upper part of the complete casing and support.

Referring now to the drawings, A designates the protective casing, being a rectangular boring of sheet metal open at the P. HATFIELD,

ofthe yoke '5 top, provided with a removable cover, and adaptedto be'scated by emplacement from below upon-the present standard holder B employed to contain and support the stor-' age battery cells of the self-starting mechanism of a large class of automob1les.'"AP designates the removable cover ofthe casing A I 1 V This holder as usually constructed and usedconsists of a strip of metal B bent to a rectangular contour in a horizontal plane with a central straight projection b at one side and bent outward. at the opposite'side into two disconnected shorter projections 6 79 these projections b 5 extending to and connected with the opposite longitudinals of the chassis. The two free sides are connected inwardly by a depending yoke 6 the bottom portion of which constitutes the support-ofthe storage batteries (not the strip B and constitute seats for clamp (not shown).

The'rectangular covering A is of such from below as 'far as permitted by the bottomof the yoke b, it extends upward at three sides as shown outside of the yoke sup port B and somewhat above the same, be ing recessed at opposite sides by side cuts to admit of. a projecting flap a seating upwardly against the outward projection 6 4 Similar side cuts in the upward projection of the side walls of the coveringll. allow 'fiaps' a to be turned inward over-the support A the flaps a and a furnishing engaging stops in both directions and seating and supporting the casing upon the yoke support B.

The remaining side of the casing is our ried only high enough to seat upwardly against the projections Z2 .The cover A conforms to the part A resting uponthe remaining portions of the -wallswith recesses for the outward projections b? and 5 At the two sides of the cover in diagonally opposite relations, the cover is cut away as indicated 0 for the outward passage of the lead wires (not shown). The cover will be proportioned to seat and hold its place by friction.

There is thus formed a protective casing for the starting batteries, easily applied or removed without professional skill or aid.

.80 lateral dimensions as'that when empiaced IE-claim as my'invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States:

'1. A protective casing for the batteries of self-starting automobiles, conformed to the battery and its supporting bracket-yoke and adapted to be slipped up over same from below .and' inolosei' battery and yoke, said casing extending above "said yoke and provided with suitably spaced slits formingflaps adapted to be manually bent inward over and engaged upon the supporting yoke;

' "and a removable cover. adapted to seat externally :upon the upper portion of said z and a laterally extendingarm adaptedto 2o-engage \the opposite longitudinal of the casing.

'2. In combination with a battery supporting element consisting of a horizontal rectangular frame having acentrally depending strip for carrying the battery cells,

chassis, a protective coveringcon'sisting of a rectangular body open at the top and adapted to be inserted to positionfrom below surrounding and extendingfabove the rectangular frame and held to'place by suitably spaced flaps of the casing material bent inward and downward over the said frame, and a removable covering surrounding'and fitting upon the upper end of the casingl 4 8. protective covering forthe battery elements of self-starting automobiles consi's'ting' ofan integral casing of sheetmetal adapted to be inserted frombelow and in? close and extend above the horizontal yoke. support of the cells and be upheld thereon said support, anda removable hood orcover adapted to be inserted in place from above and seat externally upon, the upward projection of the casingand provided with openings for lead W1If6S a,I1d(f0I' the outwardly projecting seats of the yoke clamps.

,4. A protective casing for the battery of self-starting automotive vehicles, having the;

standard bracket-yoke support upon the by flaps of the casing materlal bent over chassis, -said casing consisting of a "sheet ed to be seated in position by insertion upmetal boxing conformed'to the shape of the bracket-yokeand battery open at top adaptward from belowto embraceand extend site sides forming tongues to be bent over the yoke inwardly as supports for the cassomewhat'above the bracket-yoke, said casing havingslitsin its upper edge at. oppoing and to form exits-for the lead wires; and a .correspondlng cover adapted to seat .from above frictionally and externally on the 'casing above the zone of the bracketi 

